Trump Campaign Says It Will Ban Bloomberg Reporters From All Events

By Bill GalluccioDec 2, 2019

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President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign announced that it would no longer provide media credentials to Bloomberg News. The decision was made after the news outlet said they would not cover the organization's owner, Michael Bloomberg, or other candidates currently running in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Bloomberg announced in November that he was joining the crowded field, hoping to replace President Trump.

"We will continue our tradition of not investigating Mike (and his family and foundation) and we will extend the same policy to his rivals in the Democratic primaries," Micklethwait wrote. "We cannot treat Mike’s Democratic competitors differently from him."

He said that the policy does not apply to President Trump or his administration because they are "the government of the day."

The Trump campaign blasted the decision, accusing the outlet of having a bias against the president.

“The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,” Brad Parscale, Trump's campaign manager, said. "Bloomberg News has declared that they won’t investigate their boss or his Democrat competitors, many of whom are current holders of high office, but will continue critical reporting on President Trump.”